Methanol poisoning occurs when the body converts a large amount of methanol to harmful chemicals that attack the optic nerves, l
eading to acute blindness. Ethanol is the antidote for methanol poisoning because ethanol is preferentially processed by the body. Ethanol is most likely to be a(n):A. allosteric inhibitor.B. competitive inhibitor.C. noncompetitive inhibitor.D. irreversible inhibitor.
Ethanol is most likely to be a (B), competitive inhibitor.
Explanation:
The poisoing occurs because of the harmful metabolites produced by the alcohol dehydrogenases, enzymes in charge of breaking down alcohol.
Hence, the most likely strategy of an antidote is to compete for the active site of the enzyme and prevent the methanol convertion to harmful chemicals.
Ethanol does not produce these metabolites and it is preferentially proccessed by the body, so it is a competitive inhibitor, competing for the active site.
-The name of the general was Leslie Richard Groves Jr. He Graduated fourth in his class<u><em> in the U.S. Military Academy at West point.</em></u>
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<u>The name of the general was Leslie Richard Groves Jr. He graduated from the United States Military Academy of West point in the year 1918.</u>
As an engineering aide, He led a small team of workers who helped produce the exterior casing of "Fat Man," a nuclear bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, that hastened the Japanese unconditional surrender three weeks later.
